Sunday 6 November 2016

Irrespective of the High Court ruling, Theresa May has emphasised her readiness to take the UK out of the EU

Theresa May

Following the outcome of last Thursday’s High Court ruling stopping the British Prime Minister from triggering Article 50 without giving parliament a say, the PM has re-emphasised that her government is "getting on" with Brexit. Appealing for peers to  "remember" the result referendum.

Nigel Farage, who is the leader of UKIP and Brexit campaigner has also given a serious warning of a possible street protests if the referendum result is thrown out.

Nevertheless, the campaigner who initiated the High Court case said it would halt ministers acting like a "tin-pot dictatorship".

Earlier on, the PM announced to the world that she would the trigger to set in motion the process that will take the UK out of the EU by the end of March.

But after arguments from both sides, the court ruled that parliament should debate on the when and how Article 50 should be triggered.

According to the government, the Royal Prerogative have given enough powers to ministers to trigger the process without involving the parliament and peers making any vote to it. Thus have decided to appeal the ruling at the Supreme Court in December.

During a media chat, Jeremy Hunt revealed to BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show the prime minister had to be allowed "latitude" when negotiating with the EU over Brexit.

He said: "The impact on the economy will be far worse if, through some parliamentary mechanism, Theresa May is forced to lay out her entire negotiating strategy."

Also before the PM left for a trade mission to India she stated at Heathrow Airport that: "I think we all have to remember, and what MPs and peers have to remember, is that we had a vote on 23 June.

"The British people, the majority of the British people, voted to leave the European Union. The government is now getting on with that."

She added: "I want to ensure that we get the best possible deal for the UK as we leave the EU, that's the best possible deal for trading with and operating within the single European market.

"But alongside that, the UK will be a confident, outward-looking nation, taking its place on the world stage, looking to build relationships around the globe."

Also speaking to Andrew Marr, Ms Miller, the investment manager who was the lead claimant in the High Court case against the government, said: "Everyone in this country should be my biggest fan, because we have used our own money to create certainty about the way ahead."

She added: "Do we want a country where we have no process?"


"The case is that [Mrs May] cannot use something called the Royal Prerogative to do it because we do not live in a tin-pot dictatorship," Ms Miller said.

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